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For-Profits Receive Top Preference
With a large margin over their nonprofit and government counterparts, students declared for-profit
businesses as their preferred type of organization for internships.
• With a margin of 10 percentage points, male students are
even more interested in doing internships at for-profits, at Preference for type
77.4 percent. Female students have an above average interest company.
in non-profit internships, at 25.4 percent.
• Government internships (federal, state or local) are the
second-strongest preference among African-American
students, at 23.6 percent of the vote — surpassing nonprofits at
20.5 percent.
• 19.9 percent of Hispanic students prefer internships with the
government.
• Students with career-oriented majors prefer for-profits by an
even greater margin (72.5 percent). Academic-oriented majors
have above-average interest in nonprofit internships (31.7
percent) and government (18.2 percent).
• Students attending community college are also more likely to
favor internships with the government, at 20.4 percent.
• Regionally, students in the South Census region are more
likely to cite preference for a government internship (17.4
percent), versus the Midwest favoring for-profit opportunities
(70.9 percent).
Marketing/PR Agencies and Technology Companies Are Top Picks
Students in the career-oriented and academic-oriented tracks agree on one thing: marketing,
advertising and PR agencies are the industry of choice when it comes to internships. From there,
the top five vary, with academic-oriented majors favoring government, community organizations,
professional services and education; and career-oriented majors favoring technology companies and
banks/financial institutions.
A look at top industry picks by gender shows quite a different picture as well, with 43.1 percent of
male students placing technology, including hardware, software and web companies, among their
top three choices. In contrast, only 19.0 percent of women put technology in their top three picks.
On their end, female students are much more likely to have picked marketing and PR agencies,
healthcare, education, community organizations and the hospitality industry.
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With a large margin over their nonprofit and government counterparts, students declared for-profit
businesses as their preferred type of organization for internships.
• With a margin of 10 percentage points, male students are
even more interested in doing internships at for-profits, at Preference for type
77.4 percent. Female students have an above average interest company.
in non-profit internships, at 25.4 percent.
• Government internships (federal, state or local) are the
second-strongest preference among African-American
students, at 23.6 percent of the vote — surpassing nonprofits at
20.5 percent.
• 19.9 percent of Hispanic students prefer internships with the
government.
• Students with career-oriented majors prefer for-profits by an
even greater margin (72.5 percent). Academic-oriented majors
have above-average interest in nonprofit internships (31.7
percent) and government (18.2 percent).
• Students attending community college are also more likely to
favor internships with the government, at 20.4 percent.
• Regionally, students in the South Census region are more
likely to cite preference for a government internship (17.4
percent), versus the Midwest favoring for-profit opportunities
(70.9 percent).
Marketing/PR Agencies and Technology Companies Are Top Picks
Students in the career-oriented and academic-oriented tracks agree on one thing: marketing,
advertising and PR agencies are the industry of choice when it comes to internships. From there,
the top five vary, with academic-oriented majors favoring government, community organizations,
professional services and education; and career-oriented majors favoring technology companies and
banks/financial institutions.
A look at top industry picks by gender shows quite a different picture as well, with 43.1 percent of
male students placing technology, including hardware, software and web companies, among their
top three choices. In contrast, only 19.0 percent of women put technology in their top three picks.
On their end, female students are much more likely to have picked marketing and PR agencies,
healthcare, education, community organizations and the hospitality industry.
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